Rob Gronkowski made his decision on the best tight end right now.
The two candidates will be on opposite sides of the field in Super Bowl LIV — Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce and San Francisco 49ers’ George Kittle. Both tight ends are changing the game and they both have similar nuances on the field that Gronkowski carried. Kelce’s been in the league for seven years and Kittle’s in his third season.
Even though Kelce has more of a sample size to work with, Gronkowski will go with Kittle as his choice.
“Kittle, for sure,’’ Gronkowski said, according to Daniel Brown of The Athletic. “Because he just reminds me of myself a little bit with the way he plays the game.”
I see a little bit of me in both, but I would say I’m definitely more of a Kittle, hands down. I would say that because of the attitude that he brings to the table, just the grit he brings into the trenches.”
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“Kittle, I mean he’s just an overall solid tight end, man. And he brings that passion to the game,’’ Gronkowski continued. “That’s what you love to watch. And when he catches that ball, man, you have to bring the whole defense at him. And you have to attack him hard because he doesn’t want to go down. He wants to score every single time.
“And that’s what fans love about him. And that’s what I love about him, too.”
Kittle put together a season with 85 catches, 1,053 yards and five touchdowns in 14 games this year. Kelce had 97 catches for 1,229 yards and five touchdowns in 16 games played this year.
It’s a very close debate and only time will tell who the more productive tight end is, but they still have some work to do to catch up to Gronkowski.
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